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Insurance Strikes Out: Major League Players Offer Big Returns

Mar 25 2002 // Insurance policies to cover the multi-year, multi-million dollar salaries of professional baseball players may soon be as hard to locate as a split-fingered fastball from a southpaw relief pitcher. The hardening insurance...

BLUE RIBBON CONFERENCE MAY 5-9

Mar 25 2002 // A retired Navy Seal, who now is a top consultant in counter-terrorism security and a best-selling author, is one of an array of experts set to address executives of insurance brokers, independent agencies and insurers...

Wis. Assembly Passes Budget Without Credit Prohibition

Mar 20 2002 // The Wisconsin State Assembly passed the Budget Reform Act early March 15, minus a proposed prohibition on insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. The passage of the budget bill, combined with the demise of a...

ACORD Selects ebix.com to Build Web Site

Mar 14 2002 // Ebix.com Inc., an insurance portal, announced that ACORD has selected ebix.com Inc. to redesign and rebuild the association’s web site—ACORD.com. The next generation of the Web site will include improvements to...

Agribusiness Conference Set for March 21-22 in Sacramento

Mar 14 2002 // Debi Summerlin, AAIS vice president of insurance lines, will cover the aspects of this property program designed for more than 80 classes of agribusiness during the 15th Annual Agribusiness Conference March 21-22 in...

Counter-Terrorism Specialist to Speak At Blue Ribbon Conference

Mar 11 2002 // A retired Navy Seal, who now is a top consultant in counter-terrorism security and a best-selling author, is one of an array of experts set to address executives of insurance brokers, independent agencies and insurers...

Management for the 21st Century

Mar 11 2002 // What ever happened to Total Quality Management (TQM)? Was it just another passing fad? Was it a concept that ended up on the trash heap of old management thinking? TQM has been around for a long time and will continue to...

Management for the 21st Century

Mar 11 2002 // What ever happened to Total Quality Management (TQM)? Was it just another passing fad? Was it a concept that ended up on the trash heap of old management thinking? TQM has been around for a long time and will continue to...

NAPSLO Mid-Year Meeting Largest in Association’s History

Mar 11 2002 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) held its mid-year meeting Feb. 24-27 in San Antonio, Texas—the largest such meeting in the history of the association. Originally scheduled for last...

Sculley Keynote Speaker for 2002 ACORD Annual Conference

Feb 28 2002 // John Sculley, the technology and marketing visionary best known for bringing big brand marketing to the personal computer industry in the early 1980s, will be speaking to attendees of the 2002 ACORD Annual Conference this...

NAIC Hosts Conference on International Issues

Feb 26 2002 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will host the International Issues Conference Feb. 28 and March 1, in Washington, D.C. The seminar is designed to explore recent developments in international...

Prudential Hosts Minority Interchange Conference Today

Feb 25 2002 // Prudential Financial will host ceremonies for Minority Interchange’s Black History Month 2002 beginning at noon today at its corporate headquarters in Newark New Jersey. ” Minority Interchange is a...

CWCI Offers Training on Workers’ Comp Privacy Issues

Feb 25 2002 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) will conduct a half-day seminars in Long Beach and San Francisco to help the workers’ compensation community understand federal and state medical privacy...

RIMS to Hold 40th Annual Conference and Exhibition

Feb 22 2002 // Managing risk worldwide is the timely theme of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.’s annual conference this year in New Orleans, La. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks highlighted the increasingly important...

ASCNET Announces 2002 Calendar of Education Programs

Feb 8 2002 // The Applied Systems Client Network, Inc. (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, has launched its 2002 member education effort with expanded training opportunities for agency support...

Sen. Dodd to Address IIAA National Legislative Conference

Feb 7 2002 // Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), an influential leader on insurance issues in the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference...

Argentina Abandons Dollar Link as Economic Crisis Continues – Conference Scheduled

Feb 4 2002 // Argentina’s Finance Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov announced that the peso would be allowed to float freely against the dollar beginning Wednesday. The move marks the end of any linkage between the two currencies which...

RIMS Launches New Online Registration for Conference and Exhibition

Feb 4 2002 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) has launched its new online registration for the 40th RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition. The new registration process is designed to make registering for the...

NYSID Hosts Capital Markets Conference

Jan 31 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department yesterday hosted its first annual Capital Markets Conference for members of the insurance industry. Several financial experts discussed current issues relating to the capital markets...

CDI Approves Infinity/Leader’s CE Course

Jan 30 2002 // Infinity/Leader Insurance, a member of Great American Insurance Group, has recently been approved by the California Department of Insurance to teach a four-hour continuing education course called “Professional Field...